Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with John Fogerty after his Tiny Desk performance about Proud Mary and touring with his family.

Renée Fleming is the latest to say they will not perform at the Kennedy Center.

Álvaro Lafuente's calming voice and steady rhythms feel like a lullaby with a fiesta tilt. At the Desk, the Spanish singer transports us to a club in Barcelona or a beach on Costa Brava.

The Australian folk band The Paper Kites has a new song called "When The Lavender Blooms." It offers some advice about how to appreciate the present moment.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with roots and folk musician Langhorne Slim about his turn toward rock on the album "The Dreamin' Kind."

Adrian Quesada's album "Boleros Psicodélicos II" came out June 2025.

Bob Weir, the founding member of and guitarist for the Grateful Dead, was a pioneer in how rhythm guitar is played in rock music.

Surrounded by family in the band and in the audience, John Fogerty bookends solo material with the rock and roll staples of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Weir was 16 in 1963 when he ran into Jerry Garcia at a music store in Palo Alto. They decided to start a band, which evolved into the Grateful Dead. Weir died Jan. 10. Originally broadcast in 2016.